Whitfieldia.] xcviii. acanthace^ (clarke). 67 



articulated on the ovary; otherwise as W. longifolia. — W. longifolia^ T. 

 Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 27 partly. W. longijiora, S. Moore in 

 Journ. Bot. 1880, 229 partly. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos, Millen, 141 ! 181 ! 195 ! Old Calabar, Robb ! 

 Cameroons : Yaunde, Zenker, 547 ! Fernando Po, Mann, 198 ! 



Ijower Guinea. Lower Congo : Lisha, 3000 ft.. Hens, 343 ! Angola : 

 Golungo Alto; Rio de Capopa, Welwitsch, 5151 ! 



M"lle l^and. British East Africa : Mombasa, Wakefield ! 



5. W. tanganyikensiSy C. B. Clarke. Upper leaves 5 by 2 in. ; 

 petiole up to | in. long. Inflorescence of 3-1 spikes, each 4-5 in. long, 

 viscid-pubescent; bracts large, some 1 in. long resembling leaves, 

 persistent; bracteoles up to j in. long, acute, greenish, pubescent. 

 Flowers as of W. suhviridis. 



wile Xtand. British East Africa : Buddu, Scott-Elliot, 7528 ! 

 Mozamb. Bist. Tanganyika Plateau, Carson, 22 ! 



6. W. lateritia. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4155. Shrub 1-10 ft. high. 

 Upper leaves up to 7 by 2 in. ; petiole J-| in. long. Raceme terminal, 

 simple, 2-4 in. long, pubescent ; bracts J-J in. long, linear, deciduous ; 

 lower pedicels \-\ in. long, pubescent. Corolla red ; tube 1 in. long, 

 inflated, narrow-campanulate from near the base. Stamens glabrous. 

 Style glabrous, articulated on the ovary. — Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 221 ; 

 Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 480 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 27 ; 

 Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 306, fig. 110, A. 



ITpper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Lumbaraya, Scott-lSlliot, 4933 ! and without 

 precise locality, Scott-Elliot, 3976 ! Wimoood Beade ! Whitfield ! Afzelitu ! 



7. W. Prenssii, C. B. Clarke. Nearly glabrous, except the calyx. 

 Upper leaves 7 by 2 J in. ; petiole ^-1 in. long. Inflorescence 7 by | in., 

 raceme with 2 pedicels up to J in. long from a few lower axils (i.e., 

 panicle nearly reduced to a raceme) ; bracts ^ J in. long, linear. Calyx 

 J in. long, microscopically pubescent. Corolla yellow (Liiidau) ; tube 

 j in. long, inflated nearly from the base. Anther-cells hairy. Style 

 hairy ; ovary conical at the top, passing continuously into the style. — 

 Stylarthropus PretLssii^ Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 12, and in Engl, it 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 306, fig. 123, A-C. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Barombi, Freuss^ 516 ! 



8. "W, Brazzei, C. B. Clarke. Glabrous, except the corolla and 

 calyx. Leaf 4 by 1 in., attenuate at each end, willow-like ; petiole J in. 

 long. Panicle with solitary flowers ; bracts ^^g- in. long, linear ; bracteoles 

 J in. long, broad- elliptic, subobtuse, whitish. Sepals J in. long, linear- 

 oblong, sparingly viscous-pubescent. Corolla-tube J in. long, inflatetl 

 nearly from the base. Capsule (from ThoUon's specimen) I in. loug, 

 glabrous, stalked, 2-seeded ; seeds discoid, glabrous, nearly smooth. — 

 Stylarthropus Brazzei and S. 7%ollonij Baill. in Bull. Linn. Soc. Paris, 

 iL [1890], 823; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 306, 

 and in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 63, t. 1, tig. 25. 



